Utah Supreme Court, 1947

Combined Metals Reduction Co. v. Tooele County

Combined Metals Reduction Co. v. Tooele County
Utah Supreme Court · Decided January 6, 1947 · Larson, Pratt, McDonough, Wade, Wolfe
176 P.2d 630; 111 Utah 188; 1947 Utah LEXIS 128 (Pacific Reporter, Second Series)

Combined Metals Reduction Co. v. Tooele County

Opinion of the Court

This is a companion case to United States Smelting, Refining Mining Co. v. Phares Haynes, County Treasurer of TooeleCounty, decided this day, 111 Utah 172, 176 P.2d 622. The essential facts are the same and the issues present the same questions. The only essential difference is that here judgment was entered on the pleadings, while in that case evidence was taken. Since there is no essential difference in the facts and the issues are the same, the results must be the same. Upon the conclusions reached in that case, the judgment herein must be reversed. It is so ordered. Costs to appellants.

McDONOUGH, WADE, and WOLFE, JJ., concur.

PRATT, J., dissents for the reasons stated in his opinion inUnited States Smelting, Refining and Mining Company v. PharesHaynes, as County Treasurer of Tooele County. *Page 189

Opinion of the Court

LARSON, Chief Justice.

This is a companion case to United States Smelting, Refining & Mining Co. v. Phares Haynes, County Treasurer of Tooele County, decided this day, 111 Utah 172, 176 P. 2d 622. The essential facts are the same and the issues present the same questions. The only essential difference is that here judgment was entered on the pleadings, while in that case evidence was taken. Since there is no essential difference in the facts and the issues are the same, the results must be the same. Upon the conclusions reached in that case, the judgment herein must be reversed. It is so ordered. Costs to appellants.

McDONOUGH, WADE, and WOLFE, JJā€ž concur.

Dissenting Opinion

PRATT, J.,

dissents for the reasons stated in his opinion in United States Smelting, Refining and Mining Company v. Phares Haynes, as County Treasurer of Tooele County.

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